The first pattern in the Garden Party Collection features a lace design using a sock yarn with a coordinating mini. At first glance you are not sure how the design is composed. The secret to the movement of the design is alternating panels of garter and yarn overs.

For this lace pattern, half the rounds will only require a combination of knit and purl stitches which makes these a relative quick knit. When we get to the leg portion of the sock, we add the lace design to the back too.

I believe hand knit socks should be accessible to as many people as possible and devised a new “sock width size” for all of my sock patterns. My patterns will fit adults with the following measurements:

Sock Width Size: 1 to 10
Foot sizes: US/Canadian Women’s 2 ½ to Men’s 15 ½
Foot width: ranges from Narrow to Extra Wide
Foot circumference: 7 ½ to 12 inches (19 to 30.5 cm)
Foot length to back of heel: 8 to 12 ½ inches (20.5 to 31.5 cm)
Leg length from base of heel: 7 inches (18 cm)

How to determine your sock width size only requires a tape measure and answering a few questions. Once you know your size, you can proceed to the pattern. If you are knitting for someone else and do not have their size, I have a reference to many standard knitted sock sizes too. There is also a section discussing how to make ankle adjustments when needed.

Most sizes will only require 1 skein of the superwash yarn and a 20 gram skein of a coordinating mini. However, if you are making the larger sizes and adding width for a larger ankle, you may need a second skein.

The sock is constructed from the toe up with a short row heel.
Both charted and written instructions are provided for the design.

I hope you enjoy this pattern.

Happy knitting everyone.